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BiographyHassan Howa
Hassan Howa was born in 1922 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape Province) into a large working-class family, one of 12 children of a Christian,…
BiographyCassim Saloojee
Saloojee was born in Krugersdorp, in 1935. Here his grandfather ran a shop next to Dr. Yusuf Dadoo’s father’s store. After he was married, Saloojee’s father…
BiographyJosephine Ethel (Josie) Wood
Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown. She was one of the six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood,…
BiographyMadhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha
View the Ndabezitha Genealogical Tree Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the…
BiographyJames Madhlope Phillips
James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had negative socio…
ArchiveNovember 1987 : month of prayer
Orange poster with black lettering. Prayer Meeting at Regina Mundi on 22nd November 1987. Issued by MUCCOR. Artwork of informal settlement.
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… The letters of Zuleikha Mayat and Ahmed Kathrada 1979-1989. This book has enjoyed international recognition and …
ArchivePostage stamps: third quarter 1988
Brown poster with white lettering and border. Replicas of coloured postage stamps issued in 1988 in Southern Africa. Philatelic services and intersapa poster.
ArchiveCalendario Tempo 1982 jul ago
Multicoloured poster. July - August 1982 calendar. Cartoon artwork of a doctor in a rural area, treating one patient in a tent with a queue of people waiting.
ArchiveMetal wage talks 1988: Deadlocked
Offset litho; Black and red on green; Metal : Wage talks 1988 : Deadlocked : IMF general meetings will be held on 11th and 25th June
ArchiveVisual Aid: operation hunger: 1988
Sale of photographs in aid of Operation Hunger. Black and white poster. April 17th to May 28th 1988 at The Market Galleries. List of photographers.
ArchivePostage stamps: first quarter 1988
Dark green background with white lettering and border. Coloured replicas of stamps issued during 1988. Philatelic services and intersapa poster. Venda,…
Black Sash Calendar 1988-90
White background with black lettering. Calendars for years 1988 and 1990. Issued by The Black Sash. Short history of cartoonists Tony Grogan, Jonathan Zapiro…
ArchiveSOYCO First Annual Congress 1984
Notice of SOYCO Annual Congress, 3 - 5 August 1984 at Ipelegeng Community Centre. Green poster with black lettering. Soweto Youth Congress. List of speakers…
ArchiveMiss Ellerines 1985 beauty contest
Green and maroon poster. Notice of a beauty contest on 25th May 1985. Venue - Huhudi Hall. Fundraising concert in aid of Boichoko Creche. List of attractions…
ArchiveSAAWU Annual National Conference 1984
White poster with green lettering and thin black border. Notice of SAAWU Annual National Conference at Ipelegeng Community, Jabavu, Soweto, 6th April 1984. …
ArchiveRace relations survey 1988/89
A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1988/89 and includes chapters on: Health and welfare; Social segregation; Homelands; Population and settlement;…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… regarding the date of the conference – 4 and 5 March 1989 – Nactu pulled out late in February. But with … used the LRA against unions. The Third Congress On…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
Beginnings Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. Hendrika…
BiographyChief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala
Born 1930. Clerk. Lived in Alexander. Was a popular amateur boxer and lost the use of his right eye in the ring. Active in Congress since the Defiance Campaign…
ArchiveRace relations survey: 1987/88
A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1987/88 and includes chapters on: African removals; Population and race classification; Political developments;…
BiographyConnie September
Cornelia “Connie” September was born 26 June 1959 in the Western Cape and grew up on the West Coast where her mother would send her for holidays. September…
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… of the SADF in 1987. Operations continued until late into 1989, so that when the ANC and MK were unbanned in February … This occurred especially from the…
ArchiveCape Western Region: District Six in March 1981: Paper presented at National Conference 1981
Cape Western Region: District Six in March 1981 -Paper presented at National Conference on 15 March 1981 discussing forced removals, Urban Areas Act, Cape…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
On 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… and reforming local government in respect of Africans. 1989 Following the major political crisis of the 1980s, the … of the South African House of Assembly…
BiographyVedant Nanackchand
Nanackchand was born in Durban. In 1977 he graduated in Fine Art from the University of Durban-Westville; in 1978 he gained an Honours Degree from that…
BiographyConan Doyle Modiakgotla
Conan Doyle Modiakgotla was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was a building contractor by occupation. During the 1920s he served as secretary…
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… subsequent involvement in rape crisis services (Russell, 1989). In 1977, following their attendance at the first … Cape Town (RCCT) was formed the following…